Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The act or process of burying.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A grave or place of sepulture; a tomb.
- n. The act of burying; specifically, the act of burying a deceased person; sepulture; interment; the act of depositing a dead body in any place where it is intended to remain.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. obsolete A grave; a tomb; a place of sepulture.
- n. The act of burying; depositing a dead body in the earth, in a tomb or vault, or in the water, usually with attendant ceremonies; sepulture; interment.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
- n. concealing something under the ground
Etymologies
- Old English byrgels, from byrgan "to bury" + -els (Wiktionary)
- Middle English buriel, back-formation from buriels (taken as pl.), from Old English byrgels; see bhergh-1 in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Denying the burial is a blatant denial of our free exercise of religion.”
The Huffington Post: 9/11 Families 'Shocked' After Supreme Court Rejects Burial Appeal
“We finally talked to someone at SCI, a spokesperson there, who told us that the cemetery employees disclosed what they called burial issues in 2007, that SCI investigated and confirmed.”
“Unfortunately, it is likely that much of the money will go into what I call the burial fund--money to pay off workers to retire early and give up benefits; money to guarantee medical care; money for the infamous Jobs Bank that pays workers for years not to work.”
“Last week, the group came together and built 22 tiny caskets, which they call burial cradles.”
“The unusual burial is thought to be the result of an ancient vampire-slaying ritual.”
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“So to identify the remains, and then re-inter them with the proper burial is also an objective, Vanstone said.”
Voice of America: Mystery Still Surrounds Death of Explorer Meriwether Lewis
“Mr. MATHENY: This tape, this tape's burial is occurring on ...”
“The same plate tectonics that provides the locations and conditions for anoxic burial is also responsible for the geologic paths that these sedimentary basins subsequently take.”
“But as things stand, the Town has obviously backed down in hopes the matter will blow over, and any danger of action against the Dergah when they conduct their next burial is remote.”
“Forced to stay with Nora's body (for which the rabbi sends a crew bearing a shroud and dry ice to keep the body until burial is possible), Jose begins to see Nora's hand in everything that is happening.”
The Huffington Post: Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: Nora's Will
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘burial’.
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RELI - words with Biblical connotations
Words in the Bible evoking biblical stories or with special spiritual meaning. Proper names have been reduced to the minimum.
ark, judgement, holy, saint, baptism, spirit, love, eternal, altar, balsam, covenant, flood and 1115 more...
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No Dearth of Deadly Designations
catafalque, cenotaph, necropolis, sepulcher, sarcophagus, mausoleum, reliquary, ossuary, necrosis, cadaver, cadaverous, pyre and 103 more...
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Masonry
Due to my absolute ignorance of masonry and masonic terms, this list is shamelessly copied from this masonic dictionary.
Feel free to add words (as soon as I complete my transcription).abif, accepted, accord, active member, adjournment, admonish, adoration, adversity, affiliate, affirmation, lawful age, aid of deity and 143 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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sionnach's Words
contumely, fomite, holmgang, poltroon, eleemosynary, obsidian, nugatory, grindcore, felch, recrudescent, pyx, parenteral and 3271 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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Death, where is thy sting?
Death-related words and phrases.
rigor mortis, requiem, eulogy, hearse, kill, assassinate, mortified, murder, fatal, euthanasia, shuffle off this ..., breathe your last and 15 more...
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Ashes to Ashes
crypt, tomb, grave, sepulcher, vault, catacomb, mausoleum, cinerarium, ossuary, urn, headstone, barrow and 20 more...
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Underworld notes
Words with which to build the titles of Deathlords and deathknights in the Exalted RPG.
barrow, catacomb, leprous, oblivion, void, abyss, cerement, stygian, demise, quietus, agony, blood and 60 more...
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mortal remains
crematorium, funeral, columbarium, mausoleum, cemetery, sepulchre, mortuary, mortician, eulogy, exsanguination, cortege, crypt and 53 more...
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actions
ritual, communion, baptism, wedding, funeral, cremation, burial, sacrifice, election, interview, meeting, dating and 19 more...
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